Mainland Premier League (Part 1)

Thanks for clarifying that AW82, I only have access to the completed tables for each round from the Sporting Pulse website, which obviously has the deferred game results entered as though they were played at the right time. Ronaldoknow2011-06-13 21:30:05

That's  OK.

Has he been on holiday? Oh well, at least he's out spending that $350 a week and $50 per goal salary.

Sorry, still grates on me.

Or maybe the cheques are rubber ones

This got me thinking the other day.....what would / could you do if you were a "wealthy" club and ambitious you obviously want to win so what can you do apart from pay or give perks to get the best players? A lot of people seem up in arms about bays having the $'s to pay for Kamo and the likes but if you can afford it why would you not do it? The can of worms has been opened!

But why pay anyone to play in the Mainland PFL as the standard is sh*te, hell out of 8 teams at the moment only 3 have a positive goal difference. AllWhites822011-06-12 23:46:08

Look what happened to Richmond, sure the circumstances are a little different, but you can't build a sustainable club by throwing money at players that clearly won't be loyal if/when the money runs out!

Agreed AW82, why would you possibly want to put money into a defunct league, with no pay out in the end?

O yes Burnside were quite publicly poaching/paying players and look where they ended up. Good to see the FC Twenty11 club learning from those mistakes

On a non-football note, I hope everyone in Christchurch is safe and sound! Once again football takes a backseat to other more important things in life. Lets hope we can get things back to 'normal' as soon as possible and be playing again this weekend.

If the teams cant play/travel, lets hope there is a little more understanding from those provinces outside of chch than there has been in the past.

Too true. Funny that there is a Richmond Coastal match this wknd.

What are you implying?

Last time Richmond played Coastal there was some sledging involving how soft Coastal were for having to postpone the match.

Sorry that was supposed to be sarcastic, I am aware of the events that led up to and followed the playoffs. Tone is difficult to convey on here.

There won't be an issue with the Chatham Cup sides playing in and out of ChCh, but there might be a lack of grounds for all other grades though as liquefaction strikes again in the east. Welcome to life in Muntedville. What a nightmare, Quakes 4 ChCh 0 and no sign of full time yet.

Although the MPL is heating up and becoming exciting, I am itching for the next round of the cup this weekend. Three MPL sides in action in the Chatham Cup as well as a couple of English Cup rounds.

Alot of the chat is that the otago sides will be too good for the canty teams this weekend. Is that a fair prediction according to you guys?

When you have a look at the current MPL table it highlights some of the problems ChCh teams face, half way through the league season and there is only a 7 point spread from top to 7th. Not so down South where a couple of sides (Cavvy, Dun Tech) tend to dominate. In Christchurch there is a far wider spread of quality players amongst the teams while down South they are concentrated in those top couple of teams. Look what happens when the NFC kicks in, Mainland on the whole put out a much more competitive side than Football South. Ironically the "success" of the Dunedin teams in things like the Chatham Cup and South Island play offs is masking a lot that is wrong with Otago football development. If it wasn't for the Uni lord knows how "good" those sides actually would be.

Very true! I don't know much about Southern football apart from the odd Chatham Cup or playoff match, but do Cavy and Tech pay their players?

It would be good to see an MPL team 'upset' a southern team, but the only way I see that happening is if United play their direct football and scrap out an ugly win.

The draw then goes national doesn't it?

Cavy has always payed their players but the money has dried up this year. I believe Dunedin Tech has a club policy to never pay players although everyone always seems to think they do?

Well Tech players don't get paid, can't speak for the others but doubt it.

Will be good to play against some new faces on Saturday, don't think the sides have clashed since the mid 90's (could be wrong) but we aren't looking into their league position too much.

The draw then goes national doesn't it?

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As these are cup game anything can happen. As already stated about university exams up in ChCh Lincoln Univ have their exams this week and Canty Univ next week.

anyone got the skinny on grounds and this weekend matches?
I assuming it's a no go
but massive game for one of my sides so still keen to train:)

ta

I was expecting most to be canned but no.

Colin Grant (Mainland operations manager?) sent out the snapshot for this weekend and all systems are go...at this stage.

CCC is checking their grounds and Eastern clubs esp have been asked to check their grounds and advise mainland if the grounds are usable.
gings2011-06-14 17:38:44

ta.
are you training tomorrow?
I might come down and fix the posts, they sunk 2 - 2 and a half feet
hopefully not twisted underground
surprised games are on

Will have to head out on a mish tomorrow to see if I can actually get over there...wasnt doable on monday when I went for an inspection. Apart from the posts sinking the park is ok?

Domain is good
intermediate field western goalposts need lifting and refitting

Predict all mainland sides to get knocked out this weekend unfortunately. On a more important note, hope everyone is alright and no-one has put their back out shoveling liquidFARKtion. Stay safe and remember

National Draw not til 1/4 finals , next round will still be between Chch & Dun , this is accordding to NZ Football & Fed 7 ?? , so it will probably mean most games will be in Dunedin ( Sorry CHCH teams but you just cant cut it )

NZ football website https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=963 says national draw next round, not the quarter finals.

Vim , talked to Football South & Mainland and both confirmed CHCH & Dun next round , Football South confirmed it was to keep clubs expenses to a minimuim for another week , No winners in sending a Chch or dun team to Auck when you dont need to ??

Oh ok, I stand corrected then. Seems strange they would change the rules. However this did happen last year too!

On another note, I see Mainland are advertising for yet another staff member, this time an Events and Marketing Officer. Have you seen how many people work in that office? Check out this page: https://www.mainlandfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=397

Sounds like Football South ,  7 staff there that do f#*k all for Football down here , last 4 years have averaged 300 K of funding for employees , In my veiw thats 300 k the clubs cant get their hands on to help expose kids to football ,

I had a quick look for this article, but couldn't find it. Where did you read this?

there a link on home page of yellow fever